Ham Radio Signal Strong

"You can talk to the astronauts on the International Space Station, when they're not tightening the nuts and bolts of course" says Max Brighton, the President of the Sunraysia Radio Group.

And it's not just intergalactic travellers that you can talk to.

Depending on the strength of your equipment, you can talk to people all over the world.

The friendships start over the airwaves but then can progress face to face, with radio clubs all over Australia and the world meeting to talk signal strength.

Max Brighton and John Williams from the Sunraysia Radio Group popped into the studio in Mildura to catch up with Kevin Crockett (President of the Midland Amateur Radio Club) and Ann Jones in the Bendigo studios and talk transmissions.